NBA star Shaquille O'Neal laughs with Gina Goings during the grand opening of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches on Friday evening.

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JASON PUGH
Gannett Louisiana

At the grand opening of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, Dardenne revealed a part of himself was a piece of the exhibits that were shown to the public for the first time inside the sparkling $23 million edifice along the Cane River.

"I'm a sports fan who happens to be lieutenant governor, not a lieutenant governor who happens to be a sports fan, so I'm like a kid in a candy shop in a place like this," Dardenne said. "I was delighted to have a home for my Pete Maravich scrapbook, which I kept as a kid and I ...